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Women's Health Concern
4-6 Eton Place
Marlow
Bucks
SL7 2QA
Tel (helpline) Nurse Counselling Service: 0845 123 2319 (local rate)
Tel (office): 01628 478 473
Fax: 01628 482 743
Web: www.womens-health-concern.org
Women's Health Concern is the UK's leading charity providing help and advice to women on a wide variety of gynaecological, urological and sexual health conditions.
Women's Health Concern telephone helpline and e-mail counselling service provides unbiased, accurate information to women to help them understand more about their problems, allowing them to feel confident about discussing the diagnosis process and treatment options with their doctor.
Women's Health Concern also provides a wide variety of factsheets covering all possible gynaecological problems. The factsheets can be downloaded from the website or requested from a helpline nurse. Titles include:
- Breast Cancer : Risk Factors
- Breast Care and Treatment
- Complementary Medicines
- Coronary Heart Disease and Women
- Cystitis
- Endometrial Ablation
- Endometriosis
- Female Incontinence
- Fibroids (Myomata)
- Heavy Periods
- Hysterectomy
- Infertility
- Menopause
- Menopause and HRT
- Osteoporosis
- Ovarian Cysts
- Period Pain
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Thrush
- Uterine Polyps
- Uterine and Vaginal Prolapse
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